The Voice of Corporate Governance

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CII’s podcast is one of many platforms CII offers members to access timely information and perspectives and to increase public attention to critical issues and developments in corporate governance and capital markets. The target audience for our podcast is CII Members, other institutional investors, public companies, securities lawyers, proxy advisory firms and other institutional investor service providers. The podcast is free to the public and available on all major podcast listening platforms, and is not sponsored or paid for by advertisements.

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August 13, 2026Episode 1425 min

CII’s Monthly Governance and Capital Market Regulation Update (July 2 - 30)

This episode features CII General Counsel Jeff Mahoney covering the top 10 important events affecting institutional investors from July 2-30, 2026. Some of the topics addressed include: CII’s comment letter to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC or Commission) opposing the Commission’s May 2026 proposal to re-write filer-status categories for public companies Representative Sean Casten (Illinois-6) introduced legislation endorsed by the Council of Institutional Investors and 14 CII members that would require, consistent with CII membership approved policies, companies with two or more classes of stock to disclose vote tallies that include a breakdown of results by class CII’s comment letter to the SEC opposing the Commission’s May 2026 proposal to rescind the SEC’s 2024 climate disclosure rules

July 29, 2026Episode 1331 min

Investors & Reincorporations with Ann Lipton and Michael Levin

In this episode, CII’s General Counsel Jeff Mahoney sits down with the co-hosts of the Shareholder Primacy podcast , Ann Lipton and Michael Levin, to get their views on reincorporations. Ann and Michael illustrate what they believe should be the key considerations for a long-term shareholder when voting on whether to approve a reincorporation of a hypothetical Delaware public company to (1) Nevada, (2) Texas, and/or (3) the Cayman Islands. Ann and Michael also rank the order their preferred reincorporation destinations and explain their rationales.

July 23, 2026Episode 1224 min

CII’s Monthly Governance and Capital Market Regulation Update (May 28 - July 2)

This episode features CII General Counsel Jeff Mahoney covering the top 10 important events affecting institutional investors from May 28 to July 2, 2026. Some of the topics addressed include: leadership vacancies at the SEC, FDIC, and Export-Import Bank, CII's letter to SpaceX on its IPO, and the CII's letters to the SEC on the Commission's Draft Strategic Plan, proposal to replace quarterly reporting with semi-annual reporting, and Nasdaq's proposal for additional listing criteria for Chinese companies. CII's letters can be found here .

June 24, 2026Episode 1123 min

Nevada v. Delaware with Michal Barzuza

In this episode, CII General Counsel Jeff Mahoney sits down with Michal Barzuza, a Professor of Law at the University of Virginia School of Law. Professor Barzuza is the author of a recent article " Nevada v. Delaware ," which compares and contrasts the corporate laws of Nevada and Delaware. Among the topics discussed on this episode: (1) the Professor’s views on the key factors that institutional investor should consider when voting on a proposed reincorporation from Delaware to Nevada; (2) the Professor’s research findings regarding the accounting practices of Nevada companies; and (3) the Professor’s recommendation that either the courts or federal law should require a supporting vote by a majority of the minority of shareholders as a condition for reincorporation.

June 11, 2026Episode 1027 min

CII’s Monthly Governance and Capital Market Regulation Update (April 30 - May 28)

This episode features CII General Counsel Jeff Mahoney covering the top 10 important events affecting institutional investors from April 30 to May 28, 2026. Some of the topics addressed include: CII’s letter to the PCAOB on its 2026-2030 strategic plan, shareholders voting against say-on-pay proposals, and the SEC’s proposed reductions to public companies’ reporting requirements.

May 27, 2026Episode 914 min

Controllers Unbound with Lucian Bebchuk and Kobi Kastiel

In this episode, CII General Counsel Jeff Mahoney interviews Lucian Bebchuk , the James Barr Ames Professor of Law, Economics, and Finance, and Director of the Program on Corporate Governance at Harvard Law School and Kobi Kastiel , Professor of Law at Tel Aviv University. Professors Bebchuk and Kastiel are the co-authors of a recently issued research article, forthcoming in the Texas Law Review, entitled the “ Controllers Unbound ,” which analyzes how the relaxation of constraints on controlling shareholders at public companies incorporated in Delaware is expected to affect investors and the economy. The article identifies risks for both public investors and the broader economy that may raise concern for those interested in investor protection and economic performance.

May 14, 2026Episode 826 min

The New Political Economy of Delaware Corporate Lawmaking with Professor Ed Rock

In this episode, CII General Counsel Jeff Mahoney sits down with Edward Rock, the Martin Lipton Professor of Law, and Director of the Institute for Corporate Governance & Finance, at the NYU School of Law. Professor Rock is the co-author of a recent research paper entitled " The New Political Economy of Delaware Corporate Lawmaking ." The paper discusses how changes in the capital and legal markets, particularly the rise of dual-class controlled companies, are reshaping the state’s lawmaking process. To address these changes, the authors propose replacing the current “Corporation Law Council” with a legislatively created “Corporation Law Commission” that prioritizes the creation of a balanced and technically excellent corporate law over making changes that serve immediate client interests.

May 6, 2026Episode 722 min

CII’s Monthly Governance and Capital Market Regulation Update (March 26 – April 30)

This episode features CII General Counsel Jeff Mahoney covering the top 10 important events affecting institutional investors from March 26 to April 30, 2026. Some of the topics addressed include: CII’s comment letter to the SEC on Regulation S-K disclosures, trends in CII Members’ updated proxy voting and stewardship policies, CII’s new dashboard tracking Rule 14a-8 no-action notifications, and the CII Research and Education Fund’s new resource comparing of jurisdictional approaches among Delaware, Nevada, Texas and the Cayman Islands.

April 22, 2026Episode 621 min

Delaware's Agency Problem with Professor Charles Whitehead

In this episode, CII’s General Counsel, Jeff Mahoney interviews Charles K. Whitehead , the Myron C. Taylor Alumni Professor of Business Law at Cornell Law School. In the episode Professor Whitehead discusses his article entitled “ Delaware's Agency Problem .” Professor Whitehead explains why Delaware’s lawmaking process for amending their corporate law statutes has a “second order agency problem.” He then describes specific procedural reforms that he believes should be adopted to resolve the problem. He also discusses specific actions that institutional investors should consider in support of the adoption of his suggested reforms.

April 9, 2026Episode 519 min

CII’s Monthly Governance and Capital Market Regulation Update (March 3-26)

This episode features CII General Counsel Jeff Mahoney covering the top 10 important events affecting institutional investors from March 3 through to March 26, 2026. Some of the topics addressed include: the separate comments of Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chairman Paul Atkins and Ranking Member of the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs (Senate Banking Committee) Senator Elizabeth Warren at CII’s Spring conference; and a letter from a bi-partisan group of 18 Senate Banking Committee members to Chair Atkins urging the SEC to examine Chinese companies’ reliance on variable interest entities to be listed on U.S. exchanges.